Burma plunged into poverty due to ________

Why is it essential that the media operate free of government control?

a. The government has no expertise in media management. b. The government is incapable of providing media coverage. c. This is the only way in which the media can be truly objective in its reporting and coverage. d. Private interests are always more honest and objective than those of the government. e. Profits from the media industry belong in the private sector.

Technology, especially information technology, is shifting power from __________ to __________.

A. governments; transnational actors B. substate actors; individuals C. individuals; states D. governments; individuals